Notification thresholds for merger control

The Anti-monopoly Law (AML), which came into force on August 1, 2008, introduces a new legal regime of merger control. Alexandre Vincent and Elaine Zhu from CMS argue the implementation of the notifiable concentrations should be suspended until clearance by MOFCOM.

7 minute read September 10, 2008 at 12:58 AM

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According to Article 21 of the AML, any concentration between business operators meeting jurisdictional thresholds provided by the State Council is required to be notified to the competent Anti-monopoly Enforcement Agency for merger control, - the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), for review.

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